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March 10, 2009 at 8:56am

Morning Spew

BOBBLE TIKI: BREAKFAST WITH BOBBLE TIKI >>>

Breakfast-with-Bobble-Tiki Vote today. Do it for the kids.

Your Red Ryder carbine action two-hundred shot range model air rifle might land you more jail time.

The Chinese have a weird way of celebrating anniversaries.

Finally, ladies! Your extracted fertilized embryos can go toward a good cause.

Can bud kill your Gran Turismo ranking? The Drug Czar Office says, “Totally, dude.”

Suddenly it’s cool not to measure your worth by the price tag on your Dooney & Burke bag.

Drugs make you look like an idiot.

March 10, 2009 at 1:00pm

Tacoma photo of the day

Filed under: Photo of the Day, Tacoma,

March 10, 2009 at 1:46pm

Puyallup to go Green

STEPH DEROSA: FAIRE GAME >>>

St-Patric's-Spew Who in the hell came up with putting green dye in beer? Like St. Patrick's day isn't obnoxious enough with all its green-wearing, shamrock-having, pinch-me-if-not-into-all-this-shit-as-much-as-you-are attitude. Does America even know what St. Patrick represents and who he was? And most importantly¬" if I drink enough of that green beer, will my pee turn green? Questions like this must be answered, and soon.

Look for life's St. Paddy's Day confusion to become clarified just a bit this Saturday during Puyallup Main Street's Celtic Faire. See, this event is so Irish-ly authentic I had to spell ââ?¬Å?fairââ?¬Â? with an ââ?¬Å?eââ?¬Â? at the end. Cool, huh?

Visitors may enjoy a demonstration of The Great Kilt by Master Kilt Maker Cathy McWilliams; Irish and Scottish fare such as Irish stew, corned beef and cabbage, shepherd's pie and potato leek soup, all provided by local restaurants; and a dog parade featuring Celtic-bred dogs like collies, terriers, setters and Scotties.

And as if that weren't enough, attendees can drown their day away consuming mass quantities of green beer while listening to live bagpipe and harp music throughout town.

Erin go Braugh!

[Historic Downtown Puyallup, Saturday, March 14, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., free, 107 N. Meridian, Puyallup, 253.840.2631]

March 10, 2009 at 3:40pm

Required reading

WEEKLY VOLCANO: A LOOK AT WHAT YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING AT >>>

Just in case delusional you thought today's news that Wall Street made its biggest leap in what seems like forever means everything is about to return to peachy-keen normalcy, here's a look at what's actually going on in the world, through the lens of some of the Weekly Volcano's favorite publications.

The Hidden Homeless: The New York Times looks at families forced to live in motels

Stem Cell Research: Slate has an interesting take on Obama's stance

Supreme Court: Weighs in on the Voting Rights Act

Brooksy: One of our favorite conservatives has harsh words for Republicans

More New York Times: Generation OMG

March 10, 2009 at 6:00pm

Flickr Post of the Day

March 11, 2009 at 12:30am

Satellite Coffee's grand opening at Masa

STEPH DEROSA: CELEBRATES AT MASA SUNDAY, EMBELLISH IN APRIL >>>

Satallite-at-Masa How do you review a coffee bar? Or rather, why would you? Although the level of coffee connoisseurship in Tacoma is on the rise, even the most exacting bean fiend might find the process futile. A barista either knows what he’s doing or he doesn’t. The beans are either sustainably grown, fair trade, and freshly roasted or they’re not. Beyond that â€" and the presumptive niceties, like free wi-fi, a solid refill policy, and blueberry-muffins â€" what else is there?

Well, as of Feb. 19, there’s Satellite Coffee Co. inside Masa. And my review is in â€" superb! Now I can shake my ass in front of Handful of Luvin’ in Masa’s main room, grab a jolt of jitters, then go shake my ass again. Satellite’s satellite â€" a 24 seat café located in Masa’s former front-room kitchenette â€" serves Stumptown Coffee via a sturdy LaMarzocco espresso machine. Best of all, Masa’s late-night food window is now Satellite’s walk-up/bike-up/stumble-out-of-Masa-happy-hour-and-lean-up-against window.

Over the past couple of weeks Masa and Satellite have solidified their relationship. They can work together in steam and harmony. It’s time to celebrate. The duo will exchange “best friend” necklace halves while they prick their fingers to become blood brothers â€" and it’s all happening this Sunday, March 15, at an open house inside Masa beginning at 11 a.m. There will be coffee tastings at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Stumptown Coffee will have a
presentation at 1 p.m. And the best part â€" Satellite will be offering free French press coffee all day.

But that’s not all. Two Satellite Coffees is good, but three is even better.

I was finally able to pin down Zachary Marvick of Satellite the other day and begged him to give me the skinny on their much anticipated third Satellite Coffee location, to be located inside Embellish Multispace Salon. (Now don’t go getting all weirded out about the fact that Embellish is primarily a salon â€" they have the word “multispace” in their name, so it’s totally OK to put in a Satellite Coffee. Trust me, I’m a columnist.)

Zach stroked my nosiness during my inquisitive conversation with him. I learned that the Market Street side of the Embellish building is where Satellite patrons will enter, and the coffee purveyors will split the space with a juice bar appropriately named “Smooth & Juicy.” Together they hope to establish a great downtown clientele â€" catering to suits and YMCA gym members-types. With this new juice bar serving power shakes, and Satellite coffee simply being in existence â€" I really don’t see the need to go anywhere else for a boost of energy before or after a little gym workout.

While it’s a ways off, on Wednesday April 1, Satellite Coffee will be hosting an open house upstairs inside Embellish Salon for Tacoma locals to come and see what all the new coffee hub-bub is about. Visitors will be able to catch a glimpse of Satellite’s third location and learn more about the pre-purchased coffee memberships this java empire will soon be offering.

Say what? Pre-purchased coffee memberships? Please, allow me to explain.

Zach tells me that this downtown Satellite Coffee expansion will offer coffee lovers the ability to buy membership-type cards that include “lattés for a year” or, even better, a “lifetime of lattés” â€" though only three “lifetime of lattes” cards will be sold. Even more exciting than the incredible feeling of nature’s legal stimulant running through your veins until your eventual nursing home death at the ripe age of 89 â€" every person that purchases a “lifetime of lattes card” will have their beautiful face depicted by a local artist on Satellite’s future wall mural inside their Embellish Multispace location.

I’ll see you on April 1, Satellite!

Wait, I’ll see you Sunday, Satellite!

[Satellite Coffee at Masa, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, 2811 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253.254.0560]

Photo: Travis Pelligrini serves coffee from Satellite Coffee'swalk-up window at Masa

March 11, 2009 at 9:04am

Morning Spew

BOBBLE TIKI: BREAKFAST WITH BOBBLE TIKI >>>

Breakfast-with-Bobble-Tiki Unfortunately, Matt Driscoll was right. School bonds are failing.

The Pierce County Council discovered the county’s shortfall has grown to an estimated $10 million to $12 million. This will not be pretty.

Stocks rebound around the globe; U.S. futures climb. … Bobble Tiki’s no financial analyst, but he thinks this might be good news.

President Obama is not fond of Ed Roone and ilk.

Bobble Tiki thinks there might be justice after all: Madoff is reportedly going to plead guilty to 11 charges of fraud, perjury, money laundering and “theft from an employee benefit plan” â€" yep, you name it, he did it.

Google will let Bobble Tiki choose which kinds of ads he will see while he searches for stories on Chris Brown’s booty calls. Just another step into googlifying his life.

More wacky Europeans? You got it:

March 11, 2009 at 11:02am

Jonas Brothers coming to T-dome

RON SWARNER: MEH. >>>

Grammy nominated and platinum-selling recording artists, Jonas Brothers, today announced they will bring their “The Jonas Brothers World Tour 2009” to the Tacoma Dome June 28.

Tickets will go one sale Friday, March 20 at Live Nation.

If you're a member of the Team Jonas fan club you might be able to purchase tickets earlier. Check it out here.

Do what you must

Filed under: Concert Alert, Music, Tacoma,

March 11, 2009 at 1:00pm

Tacoma photo of the day

Filed under: Photo of the Day, Tacoma,

March 11, 2009 at 2:06pm

Tacoma school bond

MATT DRISCOLL: UNFORTUNATELY, I TOLD YOU SO >>>

I really, really, really hoped I’d be wrong.


But, unfortunately, in a situation some might call rare, it appears I was right on this one. As I predicted a few weeks ago in the Weekly Volcano, Tacomans have chosen to protect their wallets rather than invest in the future of our children.


Although the first numbers were only released last night (Tuesday, March 10), and ballots will continue to be counted up until March 25, when the election will be certified â€" the news doesn’t look good for the Tacoma School capital improvement bond. Needing 40 percent of those who turned out last November to vote in the presidential election to cast ballots, and needing to get yes votes from 60 percent of those people â€" it appears the 2009 Tacoma Schools capital improvement bond is going down in flames. While it’s early, at this point the bond is only receiving a 46 percent yes vote.


If passed, the Tacoma Schools capital improvement bond would have increased property taxes on homeowners by 75 cents per $1,000 assessed value â€" or about $16 a month for homes valued at $250,000 â€" and rebuilt the borderline condemnable Hunt and Baker Middle Schools, as well as renovated Stewart Middle School and continued to upgrade Wilson High School.


But that all appears moot, since in this time of economic uncertainty voters in Tacoma have spoken â€" and they’ve spoken out against new taxes, even if it means our schools will literally be falling down around our children.


Marty Campbell, who led the Tacoma Citizens for Schools campaign, wasn’t ready to say the fight was over when I talked with him by phone today â€" noting that the majority of mail-in ballots typically arrive a day late, and early voting always tends to be negative â€" but he was willing to talk about some of the things he believes Tacoma can take from the experience, whether the bond ultimately fails or not.


“One of the good things that came out of this was a discussion about education that lasted six weeks,” says Campbell. “We’ve generated a lot of talk. There are a lot of passionate people in Tacoma that really care about education.”


“I would recommend that we need to look at the big picture,” continues Campbell. “We need to recognize that it takes a village, and sometimes it can’t just be the school district.”

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